Electric lantern.



B. K. BUNCH.

ELECTRIC LANTERN.

I APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1914. 1 1 3Q 5fi PatentedMar. 2, 1915 2 SHEETS-SEEET 1.

q vbtwezowo immv- B. K. BUNCH". ELEGTRIO LANTERN. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1914.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHBBT 2.

mire same PM BURT KING BUNCH, or MARSHALL, lvrrssounl;

ELECTRIC mu'rnnu.

To all whom it anceo n,

Be it known that l, BURT KING, BUNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have i1 vented certain new and useful IIHPZOVGIIIGH'LS in Electric Lanterns; and I do hereby derlare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appei-tains to makeiand contact, plate a which has its outer end ,5'

use the same.

This invention cimprehends certain-new;

and useful impro ements in electric lanterns and has for 1? s primary object to pro vide a device of this oharacter-whiclnwill be of extremely simple construction as well" as highly efficient inuse. I v

Another object of this-invention 1s- 'to provide an electric lantern ofthis character including a comb1nd hood and handle support formed of a single blank of material and bent for engagementupon'a dry'battery;

to convert the same'into an electric lantern.

The invention has for another object; to provide a device of this character which will be extremelyclieap to nianufacture'and will include novel contact nembers caused by the swinging-ha ndle and the. dry battery for completing the circuit throughthdelec -tric bulb back of ti e buills-eye lens and sup ported in the reflrcto'r when the handle is in operative or rais ed posit on.

The invention h 1S for a further object to generally improve and simplify the construction and ope 'ation of devices of this character and incl pasethe efficiency thereof without increasing the cost of the same.

lVith these and other objects in View as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the .nvention consists in certam novel feature of-construction', combination and arrangement, of parts as will' be hereinafter mare, fully described and claimed.

For a complete 1 nderstanding of my in section through parts of the device to be Specification of LettersPatentl 5 I Pgiffgenfigedm m g, 1915; a lication filed August 5,1914. Serial 1%; 855,158. v I

mountedupon the dry battery aiid Fig. (i is a plan v ew of the hood in blank form; 1 Referring in detail toithedrawings-by I convert the dry battery 1 into an electric lan- I tern, as Wlll be later. clearly apparent: 11- 1.

Mounted. upon the, binding pest-2 is a fiat offset upwardly ;'for engagement by the,

swinging contact plate-'6 mounted upon the inwardly projecting end 7 of-the swinging handle-8 which has mounted centrally thereon the hand-grip 9 formedjof insulating -material. The contact plate fijis swungjinto engagement with the lpw' t dlyl ofiset free end; 50f the contact plate-, %f Mama swing;

'ing handle 8 is swung-W lts operativeorupperposition for the-purpiise of carrying a the lantern from place'to place. --The opposite ends of' the handle -8 are pivotallymounted in the upper perforated end of the opposite upstanding cars 10 formed on the battery encirclingarms ll of the hood 12,

said arms 11 projecting rearwardly from thGlI'OOCl '12 and being connected at; their free ends attherear'side jofthe batteryv-l by solder or other suitable means; one of said arms having formed 'in' its rear or free tion 14 in its upper extremity above the top of the batteryl to permit the entire device 90,

to be suspended upon a nail or other suitable suspending member. L The hood 12 projects forwardly. from the upper portion of the battery Land has its end an upstanding ear 13 having a perforaupper end; snugly engaged with jthe latter and is provided with ja rearwardly directed.

perforated car 15 which is engaged over the binding'post 3 and is suitably insulated from Y the upper rear end of the spring connecting plate 16 which is also engaged over the bindingpost 3 beneath the car 15, the lower forward end, of the connecting plate 16 being secured to the electric bulbl'Z which is mounted centrally in the concave-convex refiector plate 18 which is secured in the outer end of-the hood 12 and retained in place by its snug" engagement with said hood 12. A bulls-eye lens 19 or the like is also engaged in the outer end of the hood 12 outwardly of the reflector plate 18. Itrwill be understood that the reflector plate-18 is preferably formed of metal and serves as an electrical connection between thebulb l7 and the hood 12, while the connecting plate 16 forms an electrical connection between the bulb l? and the binding post 3, whereby a circuit will be completed through the bulb 17 when the handle 8 is in its-operative or upper position, the current flowing through the handle 8, to the cars 10, along the arms 11 to the body of the hood 12 and to the bulb 17 by means of the reflector plate 18 and bacli from the bulb 17 to the binding post 3 by Way of the connecting plate 16, as will be readily understood. It will also be evident that When the handle 8 is swung to its ino erative or lower position, the circuit will e broken. By referring to 6, it will also be readily seen that the hood 12 is divided along its lower portion and the opposite ends or the body of the blank from which the hood and arms 11 with the cars 10 and 13 are formed, may be connected by solder or any other suitable means. It will also be apparent that the complete device may be readily and cheaply manufactured and will be highly efiicient in use.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my inyention, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is 1. A device of theclass described comprising the combination with a battery; of a hood secured upon said battery, a handle supported by said hood, 0. contact plate carried by said battery, a, bulb mounted in said hood, means for forming electrical connections between said battery and said bulb, and a contact plate carried by said handle for engagement with the first mentioned contact plate to complete a circuit through said bulb.

2. A device of the class described comprising the combination with battery; of,

cured in said hood, a reflector plate secured in said hood, a bulb mounted in said redoctor plate, said reflector plate having con nections with said hood, electrical connections between said bulb and said battery, handle supporting members projecting upwardly from said hood, a handle mounted in said handle supporting members, and a contact plate carried by said handle for engagement with the first mentioned contact plate upon movement of said handle to operative position.

3. A device of the class described comprising the combination with a battery; of a hood formed of a single blank bent into circular form and having opposite arms for engagement around the battery, said arms projecting from one end of the hood, and being connected at their rear ends to secure said hood upon said battery, upstanding ears formed on said arms, one of said up standing" ears being provided with an opening to receive a suspending member by means of which the device may be suspended upon a. stationary support, a'handlc mounted in the remaining cars, said battery having a pair of binding posts, a, contact plate projecting from one of said binding posts, a combined reflector and bulb support mounted in said hood, a lens for the oliset combined reflector and bulb support, a bulb mounted in said combined reflector and bulb support, a connecting-plate extending from said bulb to the section binding post of the battery, an ear projecting from said hood and engaged upon the last mentioned binding post and insulated from the same and from the connecting plate, and a contact plate carried by the handle for engagement with the first mentioned contact plate to complete a circuit through said battery and bulb upon movement of the handle to operative position.

In testimony whereof I aiiiit my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BURT KING BUNCH.

Witnesses:

L. M. Monnow, JOHN T. PIIELAN. 

